P & D Washingtons from a 1955 Mint Set

SkyMan

Here are the P & D Washingtons from a 1955 Mint Set I bought last year. I will post the D mint coins first, because the final P mint Washington I post is the main reason I bought the Mint Set (although I definitely like all the Washingtons and Franklins). IMO it's a Wowzer of a coin. The images are by Bob Campbell, and I think he did an excellent job.

TomB

That is a nice group of 1955 WQs. In my experience, 1955 is among the least vibrantly or attractively toned dates for WQs in the double-mint set run from 1947-1958.

DollarAfterDollar

That second 1955 D might just pay for the whole set. These are not cheap in MS66.



The second 1955 P is just beautiful.



Congrats.

grip

Love that last 55-P.Super eye appeal and thanks for posting them.

ricko

Truly excellent photography.... Cheers, RickO

braddick

Originally posted by: DollarAfterDollar
That second 1955 D might just pay for the whole set. These are not cheap in MS66.

The second 1955 P is just beautiful.

Congrats.

The ultra weak lettering on the obverse will probably keep this one out of an MS66 holder.

dpoole

Very nice looks! I haven't seen many nice 1955s from mint sets.

DIMEMAN

My favorites are the 1st D and the 2nd P.

emzee

I would speculate (based on the degree of toning exhibited) that at least 3, and probably all 4, of the pictured coins were not original to the set, but rather, later substitutions which have toned in the mint set holder. The surface quality of the 4 coins pictured suggests the person doing the substitution chose some real high quality coins, but why bother doing it with baggy coins?

This is an example a tried and true method of creating beautiful toned (NT) coins.